6 TOMATOES – 6.60 – DRY THEM FOR POWDER

 

ORGANIC FARMING COURSE AGRO-ECONOMY
6 TOMATOES – 6.60 – DRY THEM FOR POWDER

 
Drying Tomatoes to make Tomato Powder.

Farmers are making losses in tomatoes farming due to supply exceeding demand.
Most of the fruit’s rots in the farm or markets, this is because farmers don't know how to preserve or add value to their tomatoes.
Most farmers lose more than half of total tomatoes produced.
With drying tomatoes and making tomato powder it will avoid this waste and make good use of excess tomatoes and reduce post-harvest losses and this will also help in times of low supply, consumers will consume dried canned tomatoes and tomato puree.
All the surplus fresh tomatoes should be transformed into preservable powder, which will be sold off season.
With Tomato powder Consumers only add the powder when cooking. No artificial colourings, additives or preservatives. Tomato powder can last more than a year in storage.
 
 
Text from The Vegetable & Herb Expert D.D.G. Hessayon

 
KOZI YA KILIMO HAI KILIMO-UCHUMI
NYANYA 6 – 6.60 – KAUSHA KWA PODA
 
Kukausha Nyanya kutengeneza Unga wa Nyanya.
Wakulima wanapata hasara katika kilimo cha nyanya kutokana na ugavi unaozidi mahitaji.
Matunda mengi huoza shambani au sokoni, hii ni kwa sababu wakulima hawajui jinsi ya kuhifadhi au kuongeza thamani ya nyanya zao.
Wakulima wengi hupoteza zaidi ya nusu ya jumla ya nyanya zinazozalishwa.
Kwa kukausha nyanya na kutengeneza unga wa nyanya itaepuka upotevu huu na kutumia vizuri nyanya iliyozidi na kupunguza hasara baada ya kuvuna na hii pia itasaidia wakati wa ugavi mdogo, watumiaji watatumia nyanya kavu za makopo na puree ya nyanya.
Ziada nyanya mbichi zibadilishwe kuwa poda inayoweza kuhifadhiwa, ambayo itauzwa nje ya msimu.
Kwa unga wa Nyanya Watumiaji huongeza tu unga wakati wa kupikia. Hakuna rangi bandia, viungio au vihifadhi. Poda ya nyanya inaweza kudumu zaidi ya mwaka katika kuhifadhi.